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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Virginia Glatzer

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TeachTec - 6 views

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    108 free tools for educators from Microsoft
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UDL Principles and Practice | National Center On Universal Design for Learning - 5 views

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    Nice selection of videos
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Louden County Assistive Technology - 3 views

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    From Louden County Public Schools
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iPad As.... - 8 views

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    I want my students to...
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5 Ways to Project Your iPad on a Projector Screen - 9 views

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    Tony Vincent
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Everything you know about curriculum may be wrong. Really. - 7 views

  • We design backward from human knowledge, in other words, and we sequence knowledge in ways that suit the learner’s prior and current knowledge. What else could a curriculum be?
  • Well, this works fine if the present is just like the past; if ideas turn into competent action automatically; and if theory, not effects, matters most.
  • suppose today’s content knowledge is an offshoot of successful ongoing learning in a changing world – in which ‘learning’ means ‘learning to perform in the world.’
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  • learning in a changing world – in which ‘learning’ means ‘
  • knowledge is the growing (and ever-changing) residue of the main activity of trying to perform well for real.
  • The point is to do new things with content, not simply know what others know
  • the point of learning is not just to know things but to be a different person
  • but I learn based on the attempts to perform and feedback from trying
  • Conventional views of curriculum and instruction have no good explanation for it.
  • What is the aim of any curriculum?
  • In games (and in life), I begin with performance challenges, not technical knowledge. I receive no upfront teaching
  • Knowledge is an indicator of educational success, not the aim. Thus, the conventional view of curriculum and the process of conventional curriculum writing must be wrong:
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    Grant Wiggins
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Assessement &Teaching of 21st Century Skills - 4 views

shared by Virginia Glatzer on 17 Oct 12 - No Cached
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    Curriculum to help with teaching these skills
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Using Word Clouds to Explore Presidential Debates - 4 views

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    Really like the use of Word Clouds hear for some higher order thinking in regard to the debates.
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Digital Ink - Robert Baker - 2 views

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    Robert Baker, from Cincinnati Country Day School, wrote a recent article for AALF, Removing Constraints. Here is a video of a presentation I saw him do - the one that sold me on digital ink and tablet PCs.
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    Robert Baker, from Cincinnati Country Day School, wrote a recent article for AALF, Removing Constraints. Here is a video of a presentation I saw him do - the one that sold me on digital ink and tablet PCs.
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Resources - University of Bradford - 8 views

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    Some very nice resources for study skills, math reviews, and group work. All of the resources I looked at are excellent.
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Create Video Playlists and Embed Them Anywhere | Embedr - 1 views

shared by Virginia Glatzer on 23 Jul 12 - Cached
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    Embedr is a free service that lets anyone create a custom playlist of videos from the top video sites on the web.
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